Attack on Salman Rushdie: JK Rowling says she is threatened, British police are investigating

British police said on Sunday they were investigating an alleged threat that Harry Potter author JK Rowling said she was targeted on Twitter after the attack on Salman Rushdie in the United States.

JK Rowling reacted to the attack on the author of The

by saying she was "

" on the social network, adding that she hoped for her recovery.

A user, who presents himself on his profile as a student and political activist based in Karachi in Pakistan, then replied: "

".

The tweet was later deleted but JK Rowling posted a screenshot, calling out Twitter for possible violations of its rules.

Threatened with death since a "

" from Iran in 1989, a year after the publication of the "

", Salman Rushdie was stabbed a dozen times on Friday, an attack which outrages in the West but which is hailed by extremists in Iran and Pakistan.

"

," said a spokeswoman for police in Scotland, where the author lives.

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Last year, J. K Rowling said she had received numerous death threats, she said, from transgender rights activists, of whom she has become a pet peeve in recent years.

In 2020, JK Rowling shared an article on Twitter referring to "

", commenting ironically: "

".

She thus attracted the wrath of some Internet users, who reminded her that transgender men could have their period, but not transgender women.